The Red Sea Pan-Arab Open
The Golfing is good on the glimmering Red SeaHURGHADA: The sweltering heat might have affected the players' performances at the Sixth Red Sea Pan-Arab Open Amateur Golf Championship, were it…
Jafza plans Egypt road shows
Dubai: Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) is planning to hold special promotional road shows in Egypt in the last quarter of 2007 in collaboration with the UAE Embassy following a…
French embassy honors Zahi Hawass
CAIRO: Archaeologist Zahi Hawass was granted on Sunday Les Arts et Lettres honors by the French Embassy in Cairo, in recognition of decades-long achievements in Egyptology and for efforts aimed…
'Transformers' bring out the kid in grown-ups
For much of its core 20- and 30-something male audience, Michael Bay s Transformers film is more than just a reason to go to the movies on a hot, summer…
Across borders in the Age of Mobility
It is commonplace to say that we live in a globalize world. Less well understood is that globalization is taking place in stages. We are in its second: the Age…
Live Earth, or sticking to a false sense of priorities
The organizers of today's Live Earth concerts hope that the entire world will hear a crystal clear message: climate change is the most critical threat facing the planet. Planned by…
Boycotting Israel: the pros and cons
In the bad old days, the boycott that mattered in the Middle East was the Arab boycott of Israel. No longer. Peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, the Oslo accords…
Egyptian researcher listed in the international 'Who's Who'
CAIRO: Effat Ali Morsi, an Egyptian researcher at the National Research Center in Cairo, was recently listed in the international "Who's Who. The international organization aims at recognizing successful individuals…
Celebrated 57357 children's cancer hospital opens its doors
CAIRO: Egypt s largest cancer hospital for children in El Sayeda Zeinab opened its doors Saturday to six in-patients and 22 out-patients, paving the way for the grand opening scheduled…
Victims of third metro line voice anger over lost homes
CAIRO: Al Wayly district began demolishing 21 buildings in Abasseya square Sunday to kick-start the construction of Cairo's third underground metro line, amid the stifled objections of angry residents. On…